Megan McIntyre
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New York, United States
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Virtual Manicures and 3-D Modeled Press-Ons: Amidst a Pandemic, Nailcare Is Booming
The pandemic has affected the nail industry heavily, from salons to product. Here's what nailcare looks like in a post-pandemic world. → Read More
9 Beauty Secrets To The Perfect Photo ID
You have to live with it for a long time, after all. → Read More
Why Are We So Obsessed With Highlighting All Of A Sudden?
There's WAY more to it than selfies. → Read More
This Is NYC's Hottest Haircut Right Now
Saltwater texture, loosely tousled waves, imperfect layers — the hallmarks of the quintessential L.A. haircut are easy to identify. Pinterest and every West Coast salon's Instagram account are testaments to that. But the East Coast haircut of choice is a little harder to pin down. What is our → Read More
Washing Your Hair Just Got A LOT More Interesting
Informal survey: How many of you have agonized over your shampoo choice? For the most part, unless you have textured or curly hair (where cleanser is a life or bad hair situation), you probably aren't thinking too hard about it. We hop in the shower, lather up, and call it a day. Well, a new day in → Read More
Beauty Innovator Awards 2016 Announcement
Today is a very special day, my friends. It marks the return of R29's annual beauty awards. We know, we know — everybody and their mother has an award these days (looking at you, artisanal pickles). But the Refinery29 Beauty Innovator Awards aren't your average monotonous parade of best this and → Read More
Tom Ford's New Lipstick Just Made Our November So Much Better
We think we can all agree it's been a pretty dismal November. We've been trying to keep our spirits up, thinking that perhaps the fact that the holidays are around the corner will start to perk everyone up, but the prospect of sitting around the Thanksgiving table listening to our relatives argue → Read More
This Is The Political Statement We Need To Be Making
It's easy to say how hard, or exhausting, or grueling, or painful this election cycle has been. But it's much more difficult today for us to look at each other and say, as our Facebook team so succinctly put it, "however you feel today is ok." But that's exactly what we need more of. Now that the → Read More
Cultural Appropriation Halloween Costumes Violence
Refinery29 talks about Halloween and cultural appropriation, and why this is still a problem. → Read More
Here's How Fall's Coolest Makeup Looks IRL
If you've ever googled a new lipstick or eyeshadow shade, chances are you are familiar with the online sensation that is swatching. This visual practice involves taking a collection of makeup products — usually multiple shades from one line — and drawing them across the inner arm to demonstrate → Read More
It's Time For Our No-BS Beauty Awards
Today is a very special day, my friends. It marks the return of R29's annual beauty awards. We know, we know — everybody and their mother has an award these days (looking at you, artisanal pickles). But the Refinery29 Beauty Innovator Awards aren't your average monotonous parade of best this and → Read More
These Eye Creams Are Like Coffee For Your Face
Can we get a big "hell yeah!" for eye creams? Without them, we would be lost — wandering around hopelessly, looking just as tired as we feel. But, thanks to these potions, our puffiness, fatigue, and dark circles get to be our little secrets. Due to a combination of late nights and poor sleep → Read More
Sunscreens That Won't Make You Break Out, Because That's Not Cool
The moment when you suddenly realize you're an adult can come amid a seemingly random activity — depositing money in your newly formed 401k, making dinner that consists of something other than almond milk and cereal, leading your first department meeting at work. For us, though, that moment came → Read More
10 Eyeliners That Won't Smear — No Matter What
Eyeliner can be the saving grace of the time-strapped girl. A quick swipe and you've got a statement makeup look that takes literally no time to create. But liner is also notoriously finicky — who hasn't accidentally wiped your eye only to smudge your perfectly sketched flick? Suddenly, your → Read More
Blue-Light Special: How LEDs Can Help Your Acne
Learn how PDT and blue-light treatments can help control acne breakouts. → Read More
How Famous People Control Their Acne
Not to be too melodramatic, but when you have acne, it can sometimes feel like you're all alone. Everyone else seems to have sparkling skin, and you're bombarded by smooth-as-glass complexions in magazines, on TV, and on Instagram. You live your life through Facetuned glasses. But according to the → Read More
This Weird Gadget Is Going To Change The Way You Do Your Hair
Your first look at Dyson's high-tech new blowdryer. → Read More
The Most Perfect Liquid Lipstick, Ever
You know how, sometimes, you can look at a beauty product and just know it's going to be a total game-changer? That's how I felt when I first laid eyes on Tarte's Tarteist Lip Paint. The liquid lipsticks are described as a creamy matte with a lightweight, mousse-y texture. I know, I know — → Read More
January Jones Has #NoRegrets
Be it an unfortunate run-in with an at-home hair-dye disaster or the misguided notion that plucking one’s eyebrows into obscurity would look super-cool, we all have our beauty regrets — the things we look back on and cringe, wishing we could erase them from our personal history. January Jones → Read More
Marie Antoinette's Beauty Routine Is Just As Fancy As You'd Expect
Besides being one of the most misunderstood females in history, doomed French Queen Marie Antoinette is also an object of fascination to everyone from historians to fashion designers (See: Karl Lagerfeld's Queen Marie-inspired 2013 cruise collection, held at Versailles). So, when I was looking → Read More